Battle of Antietam

The Civil War: Gen. Gordon and the Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in history. The Civil War: Gen. Gordon and the Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in history. Site of Dunker Church battle, Antietam 1862

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Battle of Antietam, specifically, the charge of Iron Brigade near the Dunker Church, on the morning of September Chromolithograph by Louis Prang and Company of an original painting by Thure de Thulstrup.

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Battle of Antietam

'Bloody Lane' in the sunken road after the Battle of Antietam, 1862 - After the battle General D. Hill's Confederate troops received multiple assaults and fire from several Union divisions, leaving this bloody scene.

Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

Civil War photo of dead soldiers of the Louisiana Regiment at Antietam, Maryland. This is one of the photographic images that were put on display in NYC by the Mathew Brady Studio. It was the first time that most people saw the horrors of war.